	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	reported
2024	37,020	$114,914,966	+1%	1,576,730	31	111	1.54
2023	35,745	$113,952,457	+6% (2023 changed hospital and observation visit codes)	1,533,616	31	112	1.54
2022	34,013	$107,363,788	+5%	1,439,378	31	110	1.54
2021	32,148	$102,028,201	– (Not compared: 2021 changed office visit values)	1,336,170	31	107	1.54
2020	27,736	$68,010,739	first year in data	1,071,375	29	99	1.20

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). Data years 2020–2024.

By state

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
California	3,185	$11,844,354	151,123	34	125
New York	2,962	$10,962,057	132,704	34	115
Florida	1,682	$7,715,940	103,818	40	181
New Jersey	1,599	$4,861,062	59,977	30	89
Illinois	1,489	$4,666,804	61,531	31	102
Texas	1,373	$3,975,293	55,126	28	106
Massachusetts	1,120	$3,609,591	45,884	32	108
North Carolina	1,147	$3,543,556	49,802	32	108
Pennsylvania	1,300	$3,537,903	47,641	29	90
Arizona	997	$3,516,063	49,392	34	140
Virginia	1,034	$3,444,969	45,773	33	114
Maryland	917	$3,364,524	42,048	36	116
Washington	1,141	$2,898,041	39,712	26	90
Georgia	775	$2,401,247	33,730	33	113
Ohio	736	$2,281,947	32,261	34	109

Not listed: 5 billers with an armed-forces or unknown state code (AA, AE, AP, XX); they are in the national totals.

Not listed: 2 states with fewer than 11 billers (small cells).

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). Providers placed by practice address. Data year 2022.

Top metro areas

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	3,419	$12,290,525	145,769	33
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	1,056	$3,546,854	44,605	30
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	1,167	$3,509,962	45,472	29
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	922	$2,683,610	34,263	29
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	495	$2,582,170	33,935	41
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	827	$2,577,599	31,791	29
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	860	$2,537,438	31,997	29
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	707	$2,347,488	32,901	33
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	399	$1,351,274	17,126	32
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	334	$1,311,355	15,580	32
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	573	$1,274,630	17,005	23
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	441	$1,216,576	16,601	25
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	558	$1,202,523	16,630	27
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	443	$1,195,837	16,369	29
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	360	$990,549	12,854	28

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). The 100 areas with the most payment among those with at least 11 billers; non-metro parts of each state are one area. Data year 2022.

Specialties billing 97161 nationally

Physical Therapist in Private Practice accounts for 98% of payment for 97161 nationally in 2022, across 12 specialties on claims.

	observed	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated	calculated
Physical Therapist in Private Practice	33,301	98%	$105,001,945	98%	1,408,271	42
Orthopedic Surgery	388	1.1%	$1,267,076	1.2%	16,640	43
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation	106	0.31%	$376,508	0.35%	4,891	46
Internal Medicine	17	0.05%	$149,535	0.14%	2,058	121
Family Practice	29	0.09%	$102,175	0.10%	1,399	48
Otolaryngology	26	0.08%	$66,485	0.06%	896	34
Podiatry	21	0.06%	$56,158	0.05%	696	33
Neurology	19	0.06%	$53,239	0.05%	678	36
Sports Medicine	11	0.03%	$48,081	0.04%	620	56
Interventional Pain Management	14	0.04%	$45,799	0.04%	595	43
Neurosurgery	14	0.04%	$34,090	0.03%	439	31
Rheumatology	11	0.03%	$30,208	0.03%	383	35

Not listed: 13 specialties with fewer than 11 billers (small cells).

Source: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners public use files (Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service). Provider-level lines (fewer than 11 beneficiaries suppressed by CMS); specialty is the provider type on claims. Data year 2022.

Top billers of 97161 nationally

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Original Medicare Part B fee-for-service only; CMS suppresses provider lines with fewer than 11 beneficiaries. How these figures are computed · Limitations